Accuracy of the WHO praziquantel dose pole for large-scale community treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in northern Mozambique: Is it time for an update?

<h4>Background</h4>A pioneering strategy developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the control of schistosomiasis was the concept of a height-based dose pole to determine praziquantel (PZQ) dosing in large-scale treatment campaigns. However, some recent studies have shown vari...

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Main Authors: Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, Neerav Dhanani, Charles H King, Carl H Campbell, Herminio O Aurelio, Josefo Ferro, Rassul Nala, Alan Fenwick, Anna E Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006957